Improvement in stoppers for mucilage-holders



. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN S. NEWTON, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOPPERS FOR MUClLAGE-HQITDERS. I

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,025, dated July 10,1877; application filed March 29, 1 877.

I To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN S. NEWTON, of Binghamton, in the county ofBroome and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bottle-Stoppers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which willenable others skilled in the .art to which. it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vessel embodying the first part ofmy invention. Fig. 2 is the cover of the same. Fig.- 3 is a verticalsection of the cover. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a bottle embodyingthe same part of the invention with other features. Fig. 5 shows astopper intended for use in the bottle represented in Fig. 4; and Figs.6 and 7 show modifications of a part of the devices found in Fig. 4.

One part of my invention consists in securing the covers of vessels bymeansof a screwthread projecting from the central part of the cover, andengaging with a corresponding thread arranged centrally within the mouthof the vessel.

Another part of the invention consists in providing the vessel with achamber or receptacle adapted to receive a sponge.

The invention further consists in certain details of construction, whichwill be explained.

A is the body of a bottle or other vessel adapted to contain liquids. Ais the neck.

B is a female screw-thread arranged centrally within theneck. In Fig. 1this screw-thread is formed in a socket having a closed bottom, and issecured in position by means of the rods or brackets b, in such manneras to leave a substantially unobstructed annular space between thesocket and the neck of the vessel.

The upper edge of the socket B and the upper edge of the mouth of thevessel are in the same horizontal plane.

The cover is represented in Figs. 2 and 3, and consists of; a cap, 0,having a narrow flange or rim projecting downwardly, and a centralscrew-thread, C, which engages with the thread of socket B, and pressesthe cap firmly upon the edges of both the socket and the neck A Iusually prefer to arrange an sore w-threads, eventhough the can be invented during transportation hence thostopper can be readily removedat'any time, and the'varnish can be poured out through the annular spacearound the socket B without getting into the screw-thread; hence thestopper is especially adapted for use by painters or other consumers.

In Fig. 4 I have shown another method of securing the female thread in abottle, in which the neck is provided, during the process of making,with lugs or spurs a, the thimble or socket B being made of sheet metal,and having straps or ears N, which have holes near their lower ends.These ears are elastic, so that they will yield readily to pass over thelugs a until the lugs enter the holes, and thus support the thimble inplace. The flanges B B on this thimble also assist in keeping it inposition, the lower flange B being notched at the proper points to passover the spurs a.

In Fig. 6 the neck has an inwardly-projecting rib, 01. and a groove, aThe lower flange B rests upon the rib a, and an elastic ring, A issprung into the groove a above the flange B A vertical rib, a projectsfrom one or more sides of the neck, and engages with notches in theflanges B B. Thus, the thimble is rigidly held in position against motion in either direction.

The shank D of the stopper, Fig. 5, is screwthreaded to fit the thimbleB, and the plug D enters the neck of the bottle until the lower face ofthe top part D rests upon the neck.

The construction shown in Figs..4, 5, and 6 is intended moreparticularly for bottles containing liquid blacking, in which a shank,d, and sponge E are attached to the stopper-plug D D D and when so usedthe thimble and its flanges should be provided with openings b to permitthe return to the body of the bottle of such blacking as may be squeezedfrom the sponge during the passage of the sponge through the thimble, asis more fully explained in my Patent No. 185,693. r

Another part of my invention relates to the combination, with a bottleor other vessel for containing liquids, of -a supplemental spongecontained within, a receiver formed in one piece with the vessel, asshown at A in Figs. 4 and 7. In Fig. 4 the sponge G is concealed fromview by means of a cap, F, and in Fig. 7 by a screw-cap, H. This featureis also intended more particularly for blacking-bottles, and the drysponge or supplemental sponge Gr isto be used for cleaning the articlesbefore applying the blacking; but I do not wish to be limited to suchuse.

Ihe male screw might be formed upon and project upward from a block orlink secured in the positionoccupied by the socket B in Fig. l; or ablock might be secured at that point, and the cap 0 attached thereto byone ranged centrally ot the opening, and to. which the stopper isscrewed, substantially as set forth.

2. A stopper support arranged substantially as described, injcombinationwith a stop per which packs or fits closely both the mouth of the vesseland the stopper-support, and prevents the liquid from passing eitherbetween the stopper and the mouth of the bottle, or between the stopperand its support, substantially as set forth.

3. A bottleneck provided with an irregularly-formed inner surface, incombi nation with a screw-threaded thimble secured by saidirregularly-formed surface, and a stopper having a screw-thread adaptedto engage with the screw-threaded thimble.

4. A bottle provided with a chamber having a contracted throat oropening, adapted to receive and retain a supplemental cleaningsponge,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN S. NEWTON.

Witnesses:

JEROME DE WITT, WM. DAVIS.

